The picture shows Boeing 777 passenger plane. Boeing and Airbus are well-deserved global civil aviation giants
As we all know, there are two giants in the global civil aviation market, namely Boeing and Airbus. The passenger and cargo planes produced by these two aviation giants fly in the sky of most countries, and they also have their own main products. Among them, the famous Boeing Boeing 777 passenger plane and Airbus A330 passenger plane were also purchased by major domestic airlines. But those who often fly may find that the Airbus A330 has a much higher holding in China than the Boeing 777. You should know that Boeing 777 will be more than ten years later than the A330, and all indicators are better than the A330.
0 The number of seats means the level of carrying capacity
In fact, the birth of the Boeing 777 was to compete with the A330 series passenger aircraft and the A340 passenger aircraft. Thanks to Boeing's solid technical and industrial strength, it took only five years from the start of R&D in 1990 to the service. Its commercial seats range from 250-550 people, and its maximum range can reach 17,500 kilometers. In contrast, the highest number of commercial passengers of the Airbus A330 is about 400 people, with a maximum range of 10,400 kilometers. However, compared with performance data, there are great differences in the number of Chinese passenger aircraft.
The picture shows the Boeing 777 passenger plane of China Eastern Airlines
So far, major airlines in China have maintained a total of 63 Boeing 777-300 passenger planes and 12 Boeing 777 cargo models. Moreover, not all airlines have purchased Boeing 777, only Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines have purchased it. In contrast, the number of Airbus A330s is amazing. Since its introduction, Airbus A330-200 and 300 have a total of 243 aircraft, four times that of the former. At the same time, it has a certain degree of ownership among major airlines. And this situation may be due to several reasons.
The picture shows the Airbus A330 passenger plane
First of all, the Airbus A330 was developed and served earlier. It began research and development in 1987 and was in service in 1994. In other words, it was a year earlier than the Boeing 777. Not only that, it was also one of the few dual-engine wide-body long-range passenger aircraft in the global civil aviation market at that time. On the other hand, it fits well the actual situation of China's civil aviation. You should know that the Boeing 777 has a larger physique than the Airbus A330, with higher seats and a longer range. Therefore, it is often used to perform cross-border flights, especially direct flights to European and American countries.
Airbus A330 is more suitable for the Chinese market
, and Airbus A330 is used to fill the gap in domestic flights. With the increasing development of China's high-speed rail technology and the radiation range of the high-speed rail network is becoming more and more wide, and high-speed rail travel has become one of the mainstream travel methods for Chinese people. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the A330 is carrying out flights between some domestic big cities, and the passenger flow of these routes is not small, and high-speed rail cannot be fully afforded, but using Boeing 777 is a bit wasteful. Therefore, the Airbus A330 is more in line with China's actual situation than the Boeing 777. However, Boeing did not stop there, but chose a new strategy.
Boeing 787 can be said to be the product of Boeing in order to compete with Airbus' series of models
In order to cope with Airbus A330 and A350, Boeing launched the Boeing 787 passenger aircraft. However, the production and sales of passenger aircraft in the civil aviation field have certain inertia. If you do not seize the market in time, you will easily miss the opportunity. After all, for many countries, a batch of passenger planes may take a long time. In other words, the Airbus A330 series will still have a large market in China in the future.
Author: Billy
